[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 211 (Tuesday, November 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 67418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-28324]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-552-802]


Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of the New 
Shipper Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

DATES: Effective Date: November 1, 2011.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') has decided to 
extend the time limit for the preliminary results of the new shipper 
review (``NSR'') of the antidumping duty order on certain frozen 
warmwater shrimp (``shrimp'') from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 
(``Vietnam'') to December 9, 2011. The period of review (``POR'') for 
this NSR is February 1, 2010, through January 31, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Pulongbarit or Seth Isenberg, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4031 and (202) 482-0588, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The notice announcing the antidumping duty order on shrimp from 
Vietnam was published in the Federal Register on February 1, 2005.\1\ 
On February 28, 2011, pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the ``Act''), and section 351.214(c) of the 
Department's regulations, the Department received a NSR request from 
Thong Thuan Company Limited and its subsidiary company, Thong Thuan 
Seafood Company Limited (collectively, ``Thong Thuan''). Thong Thuan 
certified that it is a producer and exporter of the subject merchandise 
upon which the request was based. The notice initiating the NSR was 
published on March 23, 2011.\2\ The Department extended the time limit 
for the preliminary results by 60 days on September 7, 2011.\3\ The 
preliminary results are currently due no later than October 9, 2011.
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    \1\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Frozen Warmwater 
Shrimp from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, 70 FR 5152 (February 
1, 2005).
    \2\ See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper 
Review, 76 FR 16384 (March 23, 2011).
    \3\ See Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam: Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary 
Results of the New Shipper Review, 76 FR 55350 (September 7, 2011).
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Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
``Act''), provides that the Department will issue the preliminary 
results of a new shipper review of an antidumping duty order within 180 
days after the day on which the review was initiated. See also 19 CFR 
351.214(i)(1). The Act further provides that the Department may extend 
that 180-day period to 300 days if it determines that the case is 
extraordinarily complicated. See also 19 CFR 351.214(i)(2).

Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results

    The Department determines that this new shipper review involves 
extraordinarily complicated methodological issues, including Thong 
Thuan's multiple production stages for subject merchandise and the need 
to evaluate the bona fide nature of Thong Thuan's sales. The Department 
finds that these extraordinarily complicated issues require additional 
time to evaluate. Therefore, in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(2), the Department is 
extending the time limit for the preliminary results by an additional 
30 days, until no later than December 9, 2011. The final results 
continue to be due 90 days after the publication of the preliminary 
results.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: October 26, 2011.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-28324 Filed 10-31-11; 8:45 am]
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